{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-act-1993/section-34A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-act-1993/section-34A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/12",
  "legislation_title": "Radioactive Substances Act 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-act-1993",
  "path": "section/34A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "34A",
  "heading": "Offences of making false or misleading statements or false entries.",
  "text": "(1) Any person who—\n(a) for the purpose of obtaining for himself or another any registration under section 7 or 10, any authorisation under section 13 or 14 , any transfer of such an authorisation under section 16A or any variation of such an authorisation under section 17, or\n(b) in purported compliance with a requirement to furnish information imposed under section 31(1)(d),\nmakes a statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular, shall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) Any person who intentionally makes a false entry in any record—\n(a) which is required to be kept by virtue of a registration under section 7 or 10 , an authorisation under section 13 or 14 or a transfer under section 16A, or\n(b) which is kept in purported compliance with a condition which must be complied with if a person is to have the benefit of an exemption under section 8, 11 or 15,\nshall be guilty of an offence.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 30-46 repealed (S.) (1.9.2018) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/219), reg. 1, sch. 7 para. 1 (with reg. 78, sch. 5 paras. 3, 4, 6 and with transitional provisions and savings (25.11.2021) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1309), arts. 1(1), 3-5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 34A inserted (E.W.S.) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 112, Sch. 19 para. 6 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 34A repealed (E.W.) (6.4.2010) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/675), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 26 para. 11(2)(hh), Sch. 28 (with reg. 1(2), Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 34A(1)(a) inserted (27.7.2004) by Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), s. 198(2), Sch. 15 para. 12(a); S.I. 2004/1973, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 34A(2)(a) substituted (27.7.2004) by Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), s. 198(2), Sch. 15 para. 12(b); S.I. 2004/1973, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/35",
      "affecting_title": "Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/35",
      "affecting_title": "Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/12/section/34A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:35:14.428372+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}